Big City BBQ Opens New Restaurant in Mesa, Arizona

As they expand into a new location, Big City BBQ will add a bar &
grill to their successful BBQ & soul food concept. The menu, developed by
celebrated Executive Chef, Rasshad Brown, includes Arizona's largest selection
of smoked meats and more than a dozen traditional side dishes from the old
South.

(PRWEB) June 12, 2005 -- Big City BBQ will open it's second restaurant in
Mesa, Arizona on Monday, June 13, 2005. Building on the first restaurant in
Tempe, Big City owners are developing an expanded restaurant concept that adds a
bar and grill to their acclaimed barbecue and soul food menu.

"Our unique
southern barbecue menu is a proven concept," offered celebrated Executive Chef,
Rasshad Brown, "and the addition of grilled steaks and seafood, fresh salads,
and a bar completes our original Big City concept." Big City is adding a dozen
new menu items including sizzling steaks, grilled chicken and fish, burgers,
barbecue wraps, and other exciting twists on Southern Cuisine.

The
methods Big City BBQ employs to create barbecue are unique, a combination of
recipes and procedures that is almost impossible to find anywhere West of the
Mississippi. All meats start by being rubbed with a unique blend of spices for
up to 48 hours prior to placing them into a smoker fired with pecan logs for up
to 14 hours. By using choice grade meats slow-cooked in state-of-the-art
smokers, Big City produces barbecue that is tender and flavorful and yet
maintains it's meatiness.

Big City's new location at 1425 South Alma
School Road has frontage on the 60-freeway, the main corridor through Mesa,
which is the largest suburb of Phoenix. The restaurant shares a 400-car parking
lot with FedEx/Kinkos, Red Lobster, and the Hilton Hotel, and is directly across
the street from the Fiesta Mall. Locals know the Alma School exit by the sight
of the two largest buildings in Mesa, the Bank of America Tower and the Hilton
Hotel.

"Big City already offers one of the largest selections of smoked
meats in Arizona," said Len Wechsler, Partner/Catering Manager, "and with the
addition of our new grilled items, our meat choices become second-to-none." Big
City also offers more than a dozen side dishes, including traditional and soul
food sides such as okra, mixed greens, rice and beans, and braised
cabbage.

The first Big City BBQ location was opened in mid-2004 at 5118 S
Rural Road in Tempe, and has been a screaming success, becoming a local lunch
hot-spot and receiving dozens of accolades from the press. With lunch-time lines
occasionally going out the door, Big City owners sought out a new location for
Mesa with three times the seating, food production, and ordering
capacity.